Chen Daoxuan and Tang Yudie had just arrived in the Lord's Mansion courtyard.

"Boom!"

A wave of energy suddenly swept over, causing the square bricks beneath their feet to instantly shatter, covered in countless cracks. Even the debris on the roof was blown away.

"Bang!"

A disheveled figure fell from the sky and landed heavily on the ground.

"Uncle Li?"

Tang Yudie was startled and quickly helped the disheveled figure up from the ground. "What happened? What's going on?"

Li Congjun, Tang Zhenshan's right-hand man, a close confidant, and a master at the Gold Core Rank Seven.

"Your father... quickly, your father..."

Li Congjun was seriously injured, clutching his chest, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. His speech was unclear, and his finger kept pointing towards Tang Zhenshan's direction. Then, he closed his eyes and remained motionless.

"Uncle Li!"

Tang Yudie was instantly overwhelmed with grief.

"He's not dead, just seriously injured and unconscious."

Chen Daoxuan took out a Third Grade Revitalizing Pill from his pocket and placed it in Li Congjun's mouth. As expected, Li Congjun's breathing gradually became stronger, and his complexion became slightly rosier. His life was not in immediate danger.

"Boom!"

Another wave of energy.

A tall figure slowly walked out from the inner courtyard. This figure had black and red eyes, and his face and hands were covered in strange black and red patterns. A faint black aura surrounded his skin, and his clothes floated without wind, with his hair disheveled.

Behind him was a scene of chaos in the inner courtyard, with dozens of servants lying on the ground. These servants had been drained of blood and turned into dried meat.

It was Tang Zhenshan!

"Father..."

Tang Yudie saw the familiar yet unfamiliar figure in front of her, and her beautiful eyes turned red, filled with both sadness and shock.

Clearly, Tang Zhenshan had fallen into madness!

At this moment, Tang Zhenshan couldn't even recognize his own daughter. His eyes showed no emotion, and he would kill anyone he saw. When he saw Chen Daoxuan and Tang Yudie, he reached out his hand, and a powerful suction force immediately struck!

"Heaven Swallowing Demon Technique?"

A Fifth Grade technique flashed through Chen Daoxuan's mind. It was a famous technique among demonic cultivators, known for devouring the flesh and essence of others to enhance one's own life force.

However...

This technique came with a heavy price. While absorbing others, it would also absorb their memories and grievances. Over time, one would become neither human nor ghost, completely insane.

Tang Zhenshan had always been the Lord of the city, following the path of righteousness, and was diametrically opposed to demonic cultivation.

Now, he had been poisoned and, for some reason, fallen into the demonic path. It was like pouring ink into a clean bowl of water, spreading rapidly!

Moreover, the more the Heaven Swallowing Demon Technique absorbed, the stronger it became. If it wasn't stopped now, there would likely be few people left in the entire city.

Chen Daoxuan decided not to hold back anymore!

108 particles in his body emitted a dazzling star-like light, a brilliant and magnificent power. This power gathered in his meridians, condensing into a True Qi force akin to a vast sea, converging on Chen Daoxuan's right hand!

"The True Demon Subduing Technique!"

Chen Daoxuan's body radiated an incomparable brilliance, emitting a dazzling golden light. Behind him, a huge True Demon image even appeared, holding a treasure pestle, with furious eyes and an aura that reached the heavens and the earth!

"Divine General!"

Chen Daoxuan extended a finger, and the huge image behind him swung the treasure pestle down heavily!

"Dong!"

A loud impact suddenly resounded, and Tang Zhenshan's eyes instantly lost focus. The intense pain in his soul rendered him immobile!

Without hesitation, Chen Daoxuan reached out his hand and a black flag appeared, splitting apart beside Tang Zhenshan. The flag fluttered in the wind, emitting a terrifying suction force, crazily absorbing the black qi within Tang Zhenshan's body!

After a full five minutes, the last trace of black qi disappeared, and Tang Zhenshan's eyes regained clarity. His body swayed and he fell to the ground.

This was the spoils left behind by Chen Daoxuan when he exterminated those three demonic cultivators earlier.

Of course, Chen Daoxuan would not walk the path of demonic cultivation. Leaving this thing behind was to understand the enemy and be invincible in battle. During this period, Chen Daoxuan had been studying it. This thing could devour flesh and blood, absorb souls, and also absorb demonic qi!

This also indirectly confirmed a thought in Chen Daoxuan's mind.

Demonic cultivators not only absorbed the flesh and life force of ordinary people and normal cultivators, but also absorbed other demonic cultivators.

"Cough cough..."

Tang Zhenshan slowly opened his eyes, coughing madly. His slightly confused eyes fell on his daughter after a long time, and he weakly opened his mouth and said, "Daughter, you're back... Where is this? What's going on? Hiss... Did I do this?"

Although Tang Zhenshan was in a state of madness just now, he still remembered.

"Father, it's not your fault. It's those damn demonic cultivators!" Tang Yudie hurriedly comforted him.

"No..." Tang Zhenshan shook his head, his face filled with sorrow. "Even if it was because I was poisoned that I reacted like this, in the end, I still did it."

When Tang Zhenshan said this, his gaze fell on Chen Daoxuan. He raised his finger, but found that he was powerless and could only smile helplessly. "Fellow Daoist, thank you for saving me!"

"Father, this is Chen Daoxuan, the one who killed three demonic cultivators, and he has a divine-grade spirit stone!" Tang Yudie hurriedly introduced.

"No need." Tang Zhenshan suddenly shook his head and refused. "At this point, there is no need for treatment for me. It's better this way. Fellow Daoist Chen, although we just met, I have long heard of your reputation. I have a request."

"Please speak, Lord Tang!" Chen Daoxuan walked to Tang Zhenshan's side and squatted down.

"I heard that even at the age of eighty, you were only at the Body Refining Rank Nine. But in just a few years, you have broken through to the peak of Foundation Building and have the strength to contend with the peak of Gold Core."

"Although I don't know how you did it, I guess that it's only a matter of time before you step into the realm of Gold Core."

Tang Zhenshan's breath became weaker, and his speech became somewhat unclear.

Originally, he was already poisoned, and just now he went through another ordeal. He had long become a candle in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any time.

"Now, within the imperial court, several princes and princesses are fighting for the throne. Many people have tried to win me over, but I have refused them all."

"If I were still here, they wouldn't dare to do anything. But if I'm not here, Cloud Mountain County will be in danger, and my daughter will definitely become a sacrifice."

"So, I want to entrust my daughter to you. You and her will jointly manage Cloud Mountain County. With you there, even if the imperial court wants to take action, they will have to think twice."

"This way, I can also rest assured."

Tang Zhenshan held on to his last breath, his eyes fixed on Chen Daoxuan, afraid that Chen Daoxuan would refuse.

This was a dying father's final wish.

"Father..." Tang Yudie covered her face and cried bitterly, filled with immense grief.

"Alright, I promise you." Chen Daoxuan nodded solemnly.

"Thank you..." Upon hearing Chen Daoxuan's words, the stone in Tang Zhenshan's heart finally fell, and his last worry, the heaviest one, was finally entrusted. The light in his eyes dimmed instantly. "Daughter, live well and make up for those..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Tang Zhenshan's head tilted and he lost his breath.

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